Never again suffer through a tray of mushy mess!
Roasted Eggplant
The quickest way to elevate (almost) any vegetable is to roast it.
And eggplant is no exception!
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Its nothing interesting when raw pretty tasteless actually.
But when you give it a good blast in a hot oven, it completely transforms.
Todays recipe is for roasting eggplant cubes.
The caramelisation addstonsof flavour!
Eggplant roasting problems!
I never have, and I only salt eggplant for specific recipes (likeGreek Moussaka).
Rinse then thoroughly pat dry, toss with oil and pepper (NO SALT), roast per recipe.
And thats certainly the way I serve it most of the time.
Its so juicy, you dont even need a sauce!
Sprinkle of parmesan reminiscent of Eggplant Parmesan.
More ways to use roasted eggplant!
Pasta Pasta alla Norma!
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Stirred into curries(the roasting adds so much better flavour!)
try any of thesecurriesbut especiallyThai Red CurryorGreen Curry, thisCoconut Curry Sauce; this epicMassaman Lamb Shank Curry.
)or thisBrazilian Coconut Chickpea Stew.
OR in thisbig, juicy lentil salad piled high with roasted eggplantthat I also shared today.
Dont run for the hills at the thought of lentils you havent tried MY lentil salad yet!
It is not your usual bland and boring lentil salad, thats for sure!
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